How to Purge Computers

After using Privilege Manager for a certain amount of time, you may have computers that haven't communicated with the Privilege Manager server for an extended period of time. This can be done via the Purge Computers task, which can be found under Configuration on the General tab.

If you need to modify any items within Privilege Manager, duplicate the item and modify the duplicate instead of the built-in item so that an upgrade does not overwrite it.

1. Navigate to Admin | Configuration and select the General tab.

2. Under the Maintenance Settings section click Purge Old Computers.

   

3. On the Purge Old Computers page select the General SQL Executions tab.

4. Verify that Query 1 is set to Purge Agent Gauge Data for Deleted Computers Query.

   

   If for whatever reason that specific query is not listed or if you need to add other queries,

   1. Click Add to either replace the query currently listed or add this query.

   2. Start typing the query name Purge Agent Gauge Data for Deleted Computers Query and select the query from the results list.

      

   3. Click Save Changes.

5. Select the Resource Purge SQL Executions tab.

6. Verify that Query 1 is set to Managed Computers to Delete.

   

   If that specific query is not listed,

   1. Click Add to either replace the query currently listed or add this query.
   2. Start typing the query name Managed Computers to Delete and select the query from the results list.
   3. Click Save Changes

7. Click Show Parameters. The Days field indicates after how many days a system is considered to be an old computer and thus should be purged. The default value is 90 days. If you want a different value, enter a number to change the number of days.

   

   1. Click Save Changes.

8. Click More | Run Task.

9. On the Task Name modal, you may change the task name and click Run Task.

10. On the Task History tab you can view the status of the running task by selecting the task from the table grid.